Ludwik Fleck
(1896-1961) - Fleck is widely recognized as a pioneer of the
constructivist-relativist trend in philosophy of science. He introduced the
notion of the relativity of diseases. The definition of a disease is arbitrary
and depends solely on the thought-style within which it is studied. In 1935/36
Fleck published his major philosophical monograph, "Genesis and Development of
a Scientific Fact", written in German and translated into English, forty years
later. Fleck served as a physician in the Lwow ghetto where he developed a
typhus immunization. He survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald and emigrated to
Israel 1956.
Ludwik Fleck (also written as Ludwig) was a Polish medical doctor and biologist who developed in the 1930s the concept of Denkkollektiv (or thought collectives). This concept is important in philosophy of science and sociology of science in that it helps explain how scientific ideas change over time, similar to Thomas Kuhn's later notion of paradigm shift or Foucault's episteme(wikipedia) Ludwik Fleck: Founder of the philosophy of modern medicine LUDWIK FLECK PRIZE Awarded annually for the best book in the area of science and technology studies. Cancer and Wisdom of the Body: Ludwick Fleck Books Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact Cognition and Fact : Materials on Ludwik Fleck (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science No 87) by R. S. Cohen Ludwik Fleck, Leben und Denken : zur Entstehung und Entwicklung des soziologischen Denkstils in der Wissenschaftsphilosophie by Thomas Schnelle Ludwik Fleck at amazon |
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